Means for removing hair and scurf from hog carcasses



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R. B. LEEPER MEANS FOR REMOVING HAIR AND SCURF FROM HOG CARCASSES Filed July 13. 1923 V m gwuenl'oz Rober% B. Beger" WM: 4/4 7 4 (Rb-aw, M.

Patented Feb. 26, 11924..

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MEANS FOB REMQVING HAIR AND SCUBF FROM HOG CARCASSES.

application filed July 13, 1923. Serial No. 651,417.

(FILED UNDER THE 0! OF MARCH 3, 1883, 22 STAT. L, 625.)

claimed may be used by the Government of i the United States or any of its officers or employees in the prosecution of work for the Government, or by any citizen of the United States, without payment to me of any royalty thereon.

The object of the invention is to provide a comparatively inexpensive device, simple in constructionand susceptible of advantageous employment, and providing means by which hair and scurf may be easily and 25 expeditiously removed from the carcasses of ho during the cleaning process. Further ob ects of my device are to assure the proper cleaning and removal of hair and scurf from the carcasses of hogs and doing away so with the necessity of further cleanlng of carcasses by means of knife or .scraper. Further merits of the device consist in that it facilitates the removal of hair and scurf from the wrinkles and depressions in the as skin of the carcasses and which has not been accomplished by any other method or device previously used. The invention consists of parts made and combined as hereinafter fully described and so set forth in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings Fig. 1 is a face elevation of the device. Fig.2 is a.

vertical section of the device on line 2--2 of.

Fig. 1. I

The device consists in the use of steel wire cables of various sizes, each cableconsisting of numerous small'wires. Sections, of such cables are attached to rubber belting with the ends of such cables projecting beyond to the end of belting. The cleaning of carcasses is accomplished with this evice by the rotary movement of the machine used for the removal ofhair and scurf from hog carcable varying in length as necessity requlres the hog carcass.

'casses by bringing the ends of the cable in contact with the carcasses while passing through the machine. The length and size of the cables varies according to the distance of the shaft from the hog carcass, and the portion of the carcass to be cleaned. The size and number of cables may be varied according to necessity.

In the drawings, A represents a section of belting made from alternate layers of cotton fibre coated with rubber, forming a section of a belt,*the length of said belting to be determined by necessity or distance of hog carcass from the shaft to which belting is attached. B represents a section of steel spring wire t0 depending on the distance from the shaft to This special qualit of wire has beenused .to advantage in the c eaning of hogs heads.

G represents a metal plate containing a number of, o enings through which bolts are inserted to old sections of steel cable to rubber belting.

D represents holes through metal plate C.

E represents holes through rubber belting A, through which bolts may be passed in order to fasten the device to the rotatable v arms of the hog cleaning apparatus.

F represents steel s ring wire cables at' tached to section of ru ber belting as in A. These sections of cable are being used for cleaning certain portions of hog carcasses such as the shackle feet or other portions of carcasses.

. H represents section of steel spring wire cable as shown by B and F.

J represents bolt used for purpose of boltin B,FandHtoA.

represents metal late used on the op.-

posite side of rubber elting from steel cales to prevent mutilation of rubber belting by nut L. V y

L represents metal nut engaging bolt J.

M represents section of spring steel wire cable as used when attached directly to metal shaft in hog dehairing machine, and may be used in varying lengths depending on the distance of the hog carcass from the revolving shafts. 7

From the foregoing, it is thought that the 1105 construction, operation, and advantages of carcasses will be apparent escription, and it various changes in and minor details be resorted to without antages of the invention.

-;I claim: 7 a

attachment for a hog cleaning manae-ease chine, comprising a section of rubber belt-- mg, sections of steel wire cables, a metal plate, bolts passing throu hsaid plate, between the sections of stee wire cables-and the rubber belting for'holding said cables in fixed position on said rubber beltin the ends "of said cables extending beyon outer end of said belting, and means for fastening said belting to, the of the hog cleaning machine.

ROBERT E. LEEPER.

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